Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Garub Farm 266, Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 499
Youngest recorded age at locality: 483

mindat Locality ID: 238474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garub Farm 266, Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°27'9"S
Longitude: 18°59'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.4525,18.988611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Descloizite	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Quartz ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Descloizite Fluorite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	499	483	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	499	483	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	499	483	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	499	483	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	499	483	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	499	483	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	499	483	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	499	483	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	499	483	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	499	483	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	499	483	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	499	483	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	499	483	362
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	499	483	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000875	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatremes, dykes and sills spread over 3,000 km2.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Jen_0000875	499	483	491±8	Rb-Sr			whole rock, biotite							238474	Garub Farm 266, Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia	Garub	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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